Romans 7:6

New International Reader's Version

But now we have died to what used to control us. We have been set free from the law. Now we serve in the new way of the Holy Spirit. We no longer serve in the old way of the written law.

Cross References

Ezekiel 11:19

I will give my people hearts that are completely committed to me. I will give them a new spirit that is faithful to me. I will remove their stubborn hearts from them. And I will give them hearts that obey me.

Ezekiel 36:26

I will give you new hearts. I will give you a new spirit that is faithful to me. I will remove your stubborn hearts from you. I will give you hearts that obey me.

Romans 1:9

I serve God with my whole heart. I preach the good news about his Son. God knows that I always remember you

Romans 12:2

Don’t live the way this world lives. Let your way of thinking be completely changed. Then you will be able to test what God wants for you. And you will agree that what he wants is right. His plan is good and pleasing and perfect.

Romans 6:11

In the same way, consider yourselves to be dead as far as sin is concerned. Now you believe in Christ Jesus. So consider yourselves to be alive as far as God is concerned.

Romans 6:19

Because you are human, you find this hard to understand. So I am using an everyday example to help you understand. You used to give yourselves to be slaves to unclean living. You were becoming more and more evil. Now give yourselves to be slaves to right living. Then you will become holy.

Romans 6:2

Not at all! As far as sin is concerned, we are dead. So how can we keep on sinning?

Romans 6:22

You have been set free from sin. God has made you his slaves. The benefit you gain leads to holy living. And the end result is eternal life.

Romans 6:4

By being baptized, we were buried with Christ into his death. Christ has been raised from the dead by the Father’s glory. And like Christ we also can live a new life.

Romans 7:1

Brothers and sisters, I am speaking to you who know the law. Don’t you know that the law has authority over someone only as long as they live?

Romans 7:2

For example, by law a married woman remains married as long as her husband lives. But suppose her husband dies. Then the law that joins her to him no longer applies.

Romans 7:4

My brothers and sisters, when Christ died you also died as far as the law is concerned. Then it became possible for you to belong to him. He was raised from the dead. Now our lives can be useful to God.

2 Corinthians 3:6

He has given us the power to serve under a new covenant. The covenant is not based on the written Law of Moses. It comes from the Holy Spirit. The written Law kills, but the Spirit gives life.

2 Corinthians 5:17

When anyone lives in Christ, the new creation has come. The old is gone! The new is here!

Galatians 3:13

Christ set us free from the curse of the law. He did it by becoming a curse for us. It is written, “Everyone who is hung on a pole is under God’s curse.” (Deuteronomy 21:23)

Galatians 6:15

Circumcision and uncircumcision don’t mean anything. What really counts is that the new creation has come.

Ephesians 4:24

You were taught to start living a new life. It is created to be truly good and holy, just as God is.

Philippians 3:3

But we have been truly circumcised. We serve God by the power of his Spirit. We boast about what Christ Jesus has done. We don’t put our trust in who we are or what we can do.

Colossians 3:10

You have started living a new life. Your knowledge of how that life should have the Creator’s likeness is being made new.